I hate to tell you this, but your stuck with a Freightliner. So Forget the KW and the Pete.
That is unless you have excellent credit, but lease purchase is Freightliner only. I know all about it, I did the lease purchase with them.

DONT DO IT!!! Im warning you now, they made sure they didnt give me enough work to survive, Then eventualy they got my truck back.

If you do deside to do it, you can do anything you want to the truck, you do NOT have to be governed, mine was wide open, and would do 100.........

 

I like the new Lonestar! I'd drive one in a heartbeat!



I'm not going to be an owner operator with them, a company driver for now. There are better owner/operator programs out there.

 

take the binder prostar,I have run all brands myself and love the IH ,freight shacker doors fall off after the first year and the w900 you can't see nothing out of the and the pete is the box the kw came in the only truck I would take other then aIH would be a volvo may not be the purtiest truck but the ride ,comforts and sound deadning is great my volvo has 2.6 million km(1.6 million miles) and is as quiet as the day she was new and pulls like crazy

 

once your an owner/operater go landstar ranger great company.....

 

x2 The volvo's are great trucks, to bad Werner dumped all of theirs.
Also stay away from the 387 pete's. The front ends are noisy, they ride like ****, it's hard to see the mirrors due to the dummy wing windows they have and the clutch pedals are hard due to the shady clutch cable set-up they have.

 

Thanks! What's the scoop on the Prostars? Everytime I see one, regardless of the company, they always seem to be struggling up hills. I know they were rated best fuel economical truck. I wonder if this has something to do with this?

 

Probably running a mercedes engine.

I ran a W9 when I started out with them, had a C15 single turbo Cat, I loved it. Lots of gauges, the CB is placed where I like it, has a built in external CB speaker right by your left ear.
I enjoyed my Shaker, but I hate condo's. Tooooo top heavy for me. Always swaying in the wind, and bouncy.
Never drove a Petershaker. Been in a few though, they seem like nice rigs. Lots of gauges, visibilty seemed ok.
The century class shakers I cant stand if they have a Detroit. I refuse to park next to one! No gauges, too plastic on the interior. And again, a Condo.

If your concerned about your fuel bonus, get a Detroit. Best fuel mileage. Werner doesnt run Cummins, old man Werner got into it with the Cummins Corp. and wont buy a truck with one in it now. (retard) But They seem to be switching to all Cat's.

If room is what you like, dont get a KW W900. If you like the styling, and creature comfort, get a W900. The Shaker classic, and century is going to offer the most room. Period.

And I know a little trick with 8th and 9th u might like to know..... if you feel the need to downshift MANUALY to 8th, set the cruise real quick, stab the throttle, it downshifts into 8th, turn cruise off. It will hold 8th till u turn cruise back on, not SET, but on.

Thats if they are still running that POS tranny set up. Its been awhile.

My vote is for the 379 honestly.

The 386 is what walmart is running, ask a couple wally world drivers what they think, they seem to hold their own, but I dont know what engine is in em.

 

the prostar will not have a mercedes engine in it. it is strictly a freightliner corp. engine. i believe since the introduction of the new detroit engines like the DD13,DD15,and the newest DD16 that the MBE4000 motor is going to be phased out. the DD engines are just a glorified mercedes engine with all the dumb *** designs that mercedes has. the prostar will either have a maxxforce engine in it or 9 out of 10 be a ISX cummins. i believe that international and Cummins have a contract that international only uses now the cummins engines in the class 8 trucks untill the new maxxforce came out and along with the lonestar. even in the agriculture side Case IH uses cummins engines. the drivers i talked to all seemed to like the creature comforts of the prostar.
"the only truck I would take other then aIH would be a volvo may not be the purtiest truck but the ride ,comforts and sound deadning is great my volvo has 2.6 million km(1.6 million miles) and is as quiet as the day she was new and pulls like crazy"

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i also heard a lot of good things about the volvos nice ride and quiet engines and you can see out of them really good.

the possible reason for the prostars going slow would be companys like to de-tune the hell out of the engines for fuel mileage reasons and lets be honest there are a lot of people driving these trucks that shouldnt have a license to drive a damn moped. maybe you could make good friends with one of the mechanics and see if he could turn her back up for you

ok good luck on which ever you decide but i would go W900 or the IH prostar.

 

If you get a fuel bonus dont bother with the ex hood models they have cats and the cats suck on fuel, the detroit with the dpf is a joke so go with the prostar with the cummins and be comfy. You are ther to make money and if you dont own it go for the gold not the show!!!!

 

Just finished up with school, not werner school and accredited driving school, aced the driving part, got a couple points on the backing, trailer dog tracked pretty bad! I already got an assigned route from Werner. They gave there Sears freight run, running the southern states, Tx, Co, N.M., Az, Ok, & Ks. They say I'll be home every weekend. They also put me on the waiting list for a local, home every night run!